Analysis of Impromptus
George Gordon Lord Byron 1788 (London) – 1824 (Missolonghi, Aetolia)
Strahan, Tonson, Lintot of the times,
Patron and publisher of rhymes,
For thee the bard up Pindus climbs,
My Murray.
To thee, with hope and terror dumb,
The unfledged MS. authors come;
Thou printest all-and sellest some-
My Murray.
Upon thy table's baize so green
The last new Quarterly is seen,-
But where is thy new Magazine,
My Murray?
Along thy sprucest bookshelves shine
The works thou deemest most divine-
The "Art of Cookery,"and mine,
My Murray.
Tours, Travels, Essays, too, I wist,
And Sermons, to thy mill bring grist;
And then thou hast the "Navy List,"
My Murray.
And Heaven forbid I should conclude
Without "the Board of Longitude,"
Although this narrow paper would,
My Murray.
When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home,
Let him combat for that of his neighbours;
Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome,
And get knock'd on the head for his labours.
To do good to mankind is the chivalrous plan,
And is always as nobly requited;
Then battle for freedom wherever you can,
And, if not shot or hang'd, you'll get knighted.
Scheme | aaaBcccBdddB eeeB fffB ggxB haha ifix |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 10010011 1101111 110 11110101 011101 111011 110 01110111 01110011 1111110 110 011111 0111101 01111 110 11001111 01011111 01110101 110 010011101 0101110 1110101 110 101111011111 111011111 111101011011 011101111 1111111011 0111101 11011001011 0111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,112 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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